Mini Mods - vbCoupons - offer money-off coupons for paid subscriptions

vbCoupons v1.4

About this mod:

This hack allows the user to input a coupon code that deducts the value of it from the subscription costs before they go to pay for a subscription.

For example:
1. You advertise for new members and have and advert saying 'Join before the end of April and get 40% off the first month! Just register and enter coupon code OFFER1"
2. In Admincp -> vbCoupons you configure a coupon called OFFER1 with value of 40, and set a date for the validity of the coupon.
3. User registers, and enters coupon code OFFER1 on the payments.php page. The page updates the normal subscription prices to reflect the offer. Then they go to pay for it.

Notes:

1. Since the offer code expires when you set it to, the users will not be able to renew with that coupon unless the subscription runs out before the coupon validity does; thus it's better to use short-validity coupons and constantly change them.
2. The value of the coupon in the Admin Panel is given as a monetary value, e.g. a coupon with value 3.50 will give $3.50 (?3.50; ?3.50, depending on currencies activated) off paid subscription before the user goes to pay for it.

Features:

* Manage Coupons: Singly Add/Edit/Delete; Mass-delete.
* Set coupon valid for particular subscription ID's.
* Limit use by date or times it can be used.
* Mass-Generate coupons for distribution.
* Generate coupon discount codes and post to a new thread in a specified forum. A message may be sent with the codes. You can decide the thread title too.
* Input on features you would like to see for this hack is very welcome, but may not be possible to implement.

Time to install: 5 mins

UPGRADING: Do NOT choose 'yes' to overwrite an old xml or you will get an error!

Updates:

Version 1.0 (22nd March 2008):

* Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.6.8
* This version should work on all vBulletin versions from 3.5.4 and up

Version 1.1 (25th March 2008):

* Fixed missing phrase
* Fixed non-functioning template call

Version 1.2 +1.3 (30th March 2008):

* Added coupon generator to this version
* Added ability to limit coupons to only be valid for a particular paid subscription.

Version 1.4 (14th April 2008):

* Generate coupons and post to thread
* Coupons can be limited to one or more subscriptionids
* MONETARY VALUES RATHER THAN PERCENTAGES ARE USED FROM NOW ON


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Pictures (attached):

1. User (payments.php): Normal view before user adds a coupon that you configured in the admincp.
2. User (payments.php): View after the user adds a coupon to their account, with the new prices reflecting it.
3. Admin: Manage Existing Coupons
4. Admin: Add a single coupon discount code
5. Admin: Mass-generate coupons
6. Admin: Mass-generate coupons and post to a new thread
7. User: Thread view of mass-generated and posted coupon discount codes

[jasculs]

Originally Posted by regitbull

nice updates on the mod.
i havend check this mod for 3 weeks and i must say that its 10 times better now with all the extra features.
But i have 1 req.
Could you give us the option to or select a discount PERCENTAGE or a MONETARY VALUE.
Because the problem with monetary values is that it use the same discount on all money values.
So when you fill in 10,00 in the discount then it gives 10,00 usd discount but also 10,00 euro discount.
So it will use the same value for all money types.

Would be cool if you could give us the option to choose between PERCENTAGE or MONETARY VALUE.

Anway great job with the updates

Very good request...would be great to see this.

[DssCrazy]

Ringleader, can you please update this to work with 3.7.0?

Thanks

[tspore]

A very nice hack, With 3.7, I found a issue though.
I made the security fix above, so the token works, but when I apply a coupon, the values of the subscription are not updated, can anyone give me some help for this to be fixed?

I have attached a photo of the test board.

[stamos2003]

I applied the token-fix but it still says that the token is missmatched, what did I wrong?!

edit: i edited the wrong template

[JackThomson120]

Just say I wanted to make a subscription free, so I took the full price of the subscription off. It now says ?0.

But when you complete your owner, It says:

An invalid currency was selected.

Is there any way around this?

[ringleader]

Originally Posted by JackThomson120

Just say I wanted to make a subscription free, so I took the full price of the subscription off. It now says ?0.

But when you complete your owner, It says:


Is there any way around this?

There is currently no way to make the subscription free when using the payment API's.
You can do this is using the promotions system.

I'm off work in a week, so i'll get on to the problems listed here then. Hope that's okay with folks

[izam]

there's any tutorial on how to use VBCoupon?

[raagaswaram]

thanks nice product

[raagaswaram]

i entered the coupon code and stuff in the box then it says check your updated prices but the prices didnt change then when i check the adminpanel the value for Number of uses each coupon has goes to 0 and when i set it to 1 again the prices updates any idea why?

[stamos2003]

I use the % system and I try to give 30% discount which works so far ok, but when it goes to paypal payment paypal gives an error and says that the ammount for the payment is not right.
what is this?!

edit: i installed everything from the scratch but version 1.3 wont work with paypal, paypal always complains that the amount is not right. what's going wrong?

edit2: the version 1.4 does the same, paypal wont accept the payment:
The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount

edit3: as I see at the source the form contains
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="7,00" />
put it must be a "." instead of a ",":
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="7.00" />

how can I change this?!